The Leyland PD2 working
on service 48 to South Nitshill would have to have been taken on
a Saturday when Larkfield had a two or three bus allocation on
that service, which was otherwise operated exclusively by Newlands
Daimlers as per the bus shown on Service 48A to Priesthill. However,
Larkfield buses ran to a schedule that meant they were always on
the 48, and never actually worked the 48A. They still carried the
old "Saturday Only" wooden backed timeboards instead of the metal
ones used by Newlands. In earlier days Larkfield would field the
old 7' 6" wide Leyland PD2s with Weymann bodywork, resplendent
with black mudguards, and very well turned out. Newlands buses
were also just about immaculate, consistent with it being a small
garage, and that leads me to a slight bit of confusion. Your shot
of a pre -selector Daimler on Service 38 to Riddrie suggests the
bus was from Newlands, yet its general state, particularly with
regard to the almost illegible destination display, was not typical
of the standard of buses turned out by that garage. The 38 was
also operated by Gartcraig, but to my knowledge they never ever
operated Daimlers. Parkhead also had a 4 bus allocation to the
38, but the bus shown was not to my knowledge from Parkhead. My
recollection was that Parkhead only ever operated two Daimler buses,
and these were D189, and D191. Despite my memory the bus certainly
looks as though it may have been a Parkhead bus due to its fairly
rough looking state. Have you any idea? (30th August 2004). John
Walker

The 38 Riddrie is a Newland bus, the photo was given to
me at the time that I worked in Newlands Garage in 1968.Ian Semple